Food
How to be self-sufficient eating, cooking, and living off the grid.
The Christmas rush has begun…
Unless you are blind and deaf or live under a very large rock, you are probably being bombarded with Christmas ads on TV, radio, internet, in the stores and suc...
A Simple way to Harvest Honey
One of the benefits of harvesting single combs at different times throughout the season is that you get to sample honey from multiple flora sources because the ...
Mason Jar Meals
Alyson McClelland’s mom cans everything from barbecue sauce to fig jam. Once the delicious condiments are consumed, McClelland gives new life to all those...
Wood fired ovens and Pizza Kettles
No need to spend $2000 or more on a wood-fired oven. You can build your own for $600. Ovens were first developed for baking bread, and bread alone. Everything e...
10 steps to save money
We chose to downsize our lives, though in many ways we are living better than we did before. By turning our backs on consumerism, choosing to live more simply, ...
The Pantry Primer: Where to stash your stockpile
Stockpiles: they aren’t just for pantries anymore! You might be wondering where on earth you can stash all of the food required for a one-year pantry. Unless y...
The Pantry Primer: stockpiling grains
Food storage calculators recommend 300 pounds of grains per person for a one year supply. For a family of four, that is a whopping 1200 pounds of food that you ...
The Pantry Primer: Stocking your supply of fruits and vegetables
A major challenge when living from your stockpiled foods is getting enough fruits and vegetables. Without produce, your family can be at risk for nutritional d...
Marjory Wildcraft
I just listened to a Coast to Coast am show featuring Marjory Wildcraft as a guest, I have heard her name before and probably watched a YouTube video or ...
Could prepping become illegal here too? Venezuelan govt to detain “hoarders”
I’ve been talking a lot lately about prepping, getting ready for whatever is coming, whether it be a personal issue (job loss, cutting hours, illness or i...
No pressure, cooking
No matter where I live, be it off-grid or in an apartment in a busy downtown area or anywhere in between, I would find my pressure cooker to be an indispensable...
Rabbits for meat pt 4
OK, so you are on board for raising and eating rabbits, but you want more for your furry food source than just living in small cages, or perhaps you don’t...